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feint
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{n}
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Definition:
a motion intended to fake out an adversary
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[He] began
feinting
at some imaginary opponent with his cutlass to relieve his self-consciousness.
John Kennedy Toole. A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)
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Seeing that I meant to dodge, he also paused; and a moment or two passed in
feints
on his part and corresponding movements upon mine.
Robert Louis Stevenson. Treasure Island (1883)
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But she, just as she had supposed that his refusal to send her money was only a
feint
,
Marcel Proust. In Search of Lost Time [volume 1] Swann’s Way
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Jamie whirled away and
feinted
with the stool, forcing the orderly back
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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a little limp pew-opener in a soft bonnet like a baby's, made a
feint
of being the bosom friend of Miss Skiffins.
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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